Description: Brachylophosaur bone fossil in a great display case.This Brachylophosaur bone fossil is from the Judith River Formation in Montana.The fossil is about 1 1/4" x 1".I am unsure which part of the dinosaur this bone piece is from.Fossil comes in a unique Brachylophosaur display case and includes a laminated information card. All fossils sold are authentic fossils, no replicas. BrachylophosaurusBrachylophosaurus meaning "short-crested lizard", (referring to its small crest) was a mid-sized member of the hadrosaurid family of dinosaurs. It is known from several skeletons and bonebed material from the Judith River Formation of Montana, the Wahweap Formation of Utah and the Oldman Formation of Alberta, living about 81-76.7 million years ago.Brachylophosaurus is notable for its bony crest, which forms a horizontally flat, paddle-like plate over the top of the rear skull. Some, depending on their age, had crests that covered nearly the entire skull roof, while others had shorter, narrower crests. Some researchers suggest it was used for pushing contests, but it may not have been strong enough for this. Other notable features are a relatively small head, the unusually long lower arms and the beak of the upper jaw being wider than other hadrosaurs of that time. Apart from the above, Brachylophosaurus was a typical hadrosaur which reached an adult length of at least 30 ft. In 2010, Gregory S. Paul estimated maximum length at 36 ft resulting in weight of 7.7 tons. Like other hadrosaurs, Brachylophosaurus had features like cheeks to keep fodder in the mouth and dental batteries with hundreds of stacked teeth. These teeth could be used to chew efficiently, a feature rare among reptiles, but common among some cerapodan ornithischian dinosaurs like Brachylophosaurus. BR006
Price: 19.99 USD
Location: Davenport, Iowa
End Time: 2024-08-10T02:15:37.000Z
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